Shia LaBeouf says learning tennis legend John McEnroe91裸聊视频檚 style was like rehearsing a ballet.
LaBeouf stars opposite Sverrir Gudnason in 91裸聊视频淏org/McEnroe,91裸聊视频� a film that recreates the match between McEnroe and Bjorn Borg at the 1980 Wimbledon Championships.
LaBeouf says the action scenes in the film were carefully scripted and choreographed to resemble the famous match.
Director Janus Metz added that some moviemaking 91裸聊视频渕agic tricks91裸聊视频� were used to 91裸聊视频渟ell91裸聊视频� the actors91裸聊视频� performances, given they had never played tennis prior to the film shoot.
Although he spent countless hours learning about the sport, LaBeouf felt he never truly learned how to play.
The world premiere of 91裸聊视频淏org/McEnroe91裸聊视频� officially kicked off TIFF on Thursday, which runs through Sept. 17. Canadian tennis phenom Denis Shapovalov was set to walk the red carpet along with the film91裸聊视频檚 stars for the gala screening.
91裸聊视频淲e rehearsed things like a ballet, including [McEnroe91裸聊视频檚] outbursts. I would literally play them on a screen right before we would film and look at where everything was, and it was very paint-by-the-numbers in a way,91裸聊视频� LaBeouf said at a press conference.
91裸聊视频淵ou could91裸聊视频檝e given me 20 years and I would91裸聊视频檝e never played like McEnroe91裸聊视频�. I started learning it like a dance, I never actually played tennis, it was something different.91裸聊视频�
About 340 films will screen at this year91裸聊视频檚 fest, which is a smaller number than in recent years 91裸聊视频� a result of a TIFF mandate to trim the overall number of titles by 20 per cent. Organizers said they made the changes in response to feedback from audiences, the industry and the media.
Among the first celebrities to arrive in Toronto for the fest were Charlie Hunnam of 91裸聊视频淪ons of Anarchy91裸聊视频� fame, who stars in 91裸聊视频淧apillon91裸聊视频� with Rami Malek of 91裸聊视频淢r. Robot,91裸聊视频� Armie Hammer of 91裸聊视频淐all Me By Your Name,91裸聊视频� and supermodel and musician Grace Jones, who is promoting a documentary about her life.
Other films in the lineup include 91裸聊视频淪uburbicon,91裸聊视频� directed by George Clooney, Darren Aronofsky91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频渕other!91裸聊视频� starring Jennifer Lawrence and Alexander Payne91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淒ownsizing.91裸聊视频�
About a third of the films in the lineup are directed by women, including Angelina Jolie91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淔irst They Killed My Father.91裸聊视频�
Other stars expected to attend the festival include Denzel Washington (91裸聊视频淩oman J. Israel, Esq.91裸聊视频�), Jessica Chastain and Idris Elba (both of 91裸聊视频淢olly91裸聊视频檚 Game91裸聊视频�) and Steve Carell and Emma Stone (co-stars of another tennis movie, 91裸聊视频淏attle Of The Sexes91裸聊视频�).
Victoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press
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